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Will Daniel Alfredsson’s No. 11 still be raised to the rafters at Canadian Tire Centre or whatever the place is called at the appropriate time?

Of course, right?

“We’ll see,” Senators president/CEO Cyril Leeder said Monday.

“I’m not going to prejudge that now. That’s an announcement that should come at a different point in time.”

How about the front office or management job with the team that was said to be waiting for Alfredsson when he decided to quit playing?

Does the offer owner Eugene Melnyk publicly made remain on the table?

“I think that’s still to be determined,” said Leeder.

“I don’t think that was a foregone conclusion, that Daniel was going to come and work for the organization. I know that had been talked about by a number of people but I think that’s still to be determined in the future.”

Leeder and his staff are in the process of marketing meetings to determine how to go forward without Alfredsson, the “face of the franchise” until he decided to sign a free agent contract with the Detroit Red Wings last week.

“There is another young core coming, headed up by Erik (Karlsson),” said Leeder.

“But Daniel was still a big part of our marketing, and we’re going to have to change that.”

Otherwise, it’s business as usual on Paladium Drive these days.

Leeder said season ticket renewals are going “really well”, that thus far “it’s been one of our best and quickest renewals we’ve ever had, because of the time of the year and the playoffs, the excitement around playing Montreal.”

“We’ll still have people that will renew right up until opening night,” he said.

“We’re probably three months ahead of where we normally are on our renewal campaign. We’re in a good spot. We’ve got a lot of work to do yet, but we’re still at it.”

So no, the outrage of losing Alfredsson hasn’t translated into a hit at the box office, at least not yet.

“We had two people call and email that wanted to talk to somebody,” said Leeder. “But by and large the majority of the calls that I took were really supportive. They understand, didn’t want to see him leave, wish him well but like the direction the hockey club is going and wanted to let me know they’re supporters.”

While he wasn’t part of the negotiations, Leeder said the team’s budget wasn’t a factor in Alfredsson’s decision to walk.

“There’s never been an issue financially here, in terms of what are we going to do to put a team together,” said Leeder.

“We continue to attract good players, the signings last week, I think, were a further testament to that.

“I think we’re in a good spot, from the finances and the way we run the business. I think it’s in as a good a place as it’s ever been. Nothing there would have led me to worry that we weren’t going to re-sign Daniel Alfredsson, and I think Daniel came out and said that, that it wasn’t about money.

“He signed for $3.5 million and bonuses in Detroit, and that’s certainly a number we would have wanted to have him back at, for sure.”

Now, Leeder wishes Alfredsson the best of luck most of the time.

“He has been sort of the greatest Senator to put on a jersey and has been the hero people look up to, and I don’t think that’s ever going to change,” he said.

“I think he’s earned the right to make that decision he’s made. I don’t necessarily agree with it, I don’t necessarily agree he’s got a better chance to win in Detroit. That’s really our job to prove him wrong on that point.

“But we don’t begrudge him that fact. He’s certainly earned the right to make that decision after all he’s given us. We wish him well, except for the four or five nights a year we play him.”